Stuttering : foundations and clinical applications /
Ehud Yairi, Carol H. Seery.
- Boston : Pearson, c2011.
- xx, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- The Allyn & Bacon communication sciences and disorders series .
- Allyn & Bacon communication sciences and disorders series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is stuttering? -- Who and how many stutter? -- When and how does stuttering begin? How does it develop? -- Where does it end? Advanced characteristics, rules, and phenomena -- Why do people stutter? Evaluating theories and models -- Is stuttering psychological? Psychoemotional, psychobehavioral, and psycholinguistic theories -- Is stuttering biological? Neurological, motor, and genetic perspectives -- Stuttering therapy : issues, directions, research, ethics -- Evaluation of adults and school-age children -- Adult therapy : focus on emotional reactions -- Therapy for adults : focus on stuttering and fluency -- Therapy for school-age children -- Assessment of stuttering in early childhood -- Treatment of preschool-age children who stutter -- Other fluency disorders and multicultural/bilingual issues.